Joaquin Jurado Mesa

Joaquin Jurado Mesa (1788-) was a Chilean robbery gang leader during the early 19th century. In 1814, he was involved in the kidnapping of Lucas Díaz Escalante from the city of Santiago, so Lucas' brother Adelmar hired Javier Pando to find and interrogate Jurado about Lucas' location. Pando confronted Mesa and killed all of his men when he insisted on fighting rather than cooperating, and Jurado ultimately confessed that Lucas was being held in a nearby bandit camp; he then promised to move far away and take on a real trade.